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I think at that point I could have used a flat screwdriver and been good. Just put it on the solid parts of the plug and tap it firmly with the palm of my hand.
But my chisels are scarey sharp...

Every one loses a few, I think. I have been lucky so far that my first three have gone well, but I know I will blow it on one of them sooner or later. I bet you some of these guys on here that have...

Gooser, thank you.
I would recommend if you attempt it again, find an Ever Ready in this style. Don't think they could get any simpler than this one.

I set the knot. It is curing right now. Loft ended up at 48mm. I was shooting for 47mm, but I don't think 1mm will make a dime's worth of difference in performance.
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Ready for epoxy.

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The three pieces of wooden dowel will be used as filler.
Like this.
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I think "irregular" has been sorted. GDCarrington pointed out that the original knot was not set straight in the brush. If you look at the first pic in this thread, it appears he is correct. Good...

Thanks! And the "irregularity", whatever it is, is not an issue. The handle is beautiful.

BTW, anyone notice it looks like the bottom of this brush is stamped "IRREG"? I assume that means "Irregular", though I can't find a thing wrong with it.

Alright, according to my measurements, from the bottom of the glue plug to the tip of the hairs my knot is 64mm in height. I have been playing around with a damp knot at various heights in the...

I don't have any black paint to fill in the lettering. It actually looks like it might have been gold, anyway. Not certain I will even worry about it. It is still quite legible, and I think I might...

Thank you for the tip. I will definitely try that.

Calipers read 20.12mm.

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Glue bulge above the epoxy base plug reads 21.82mm
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Next the name of the game is use whatever I can to further compromise the plug in the old knot. A big drill bit will start us off.

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I decided to try another way of removing a knot, which I saw on Youtube.

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The idea is to put...

I was hooked when I set my first knot!
I have seen the listings on ebay. Would be nice, but I don't use Paypal, so I can't really shop the 'bay. My SIL uses ebay, so I may talk to her and get her to...

Picked this up at a local store today.

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Color is a bit bright because I used flash. Took the pic below without flash, but that did not show off the blue properly.

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